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Weather & Nature Flashcards

Learn how to talk about the weather in French and name the natural world, from il fait beau and il pleut to la montagne and le fleuve. The deck covers the faire weather pattern, the four seasons and their prepositions (au printemps, en été), and homophones like la mer and la mère.

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"What's the weather like?" in French?

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"Quel temps fait-il?" Le temps means weather (and time).

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"It's hot" and "it's cold" in French?

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"Il fait chaud." "Il fait froid." Most weather phrases use faire.

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"The weather is nice" and "the weather is bad" in French?

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"Il fait beau." "Il fait mauvais."

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"It's sunny" and "it's windy" in French?

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"Il y a du soleil." "Il y a du vent."

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"It's raining" and "the rain" in French?

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"Il pleut." La pluie.

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"It's snowing" and "the snow" in French?

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"Il neige." La neige.

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"It's cloudy" and "the cloud" in French?

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"Le ciel est nuageux" or "il y a des nuages." Le nuage. Also "il fait gris."

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"The thunderstorm", "thunder" and "lightning" in French?

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L'orage (m.). Le tonnerre (thunder). L'éclair (m., lightning). A windstorm is une tempête.

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"Fog" in French?

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Le brouillard. "Il y a du brouillard" (it's foggy).

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"It's twenty degrees" in French?

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"Il fait vingt degrés." La température = the temperature.

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"I'm cold" vs "it's cold" in French?

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"J'ai froid" (I feel cold) vs "il fait froid" (the weather is cold). "Je suis froid" describes a cold personality.

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"The four seasons" in French?

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Le printemps (spring), l'été (summer), l'automne (autumn), l'hiver (winter). All four are masculine.

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"In spring" and "in summer" in French?

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Au printemps, but en été. The other seasons also take en: en automne, en hiver.

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"The sun", "the moon" and "the sky" in French?

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Le soleil, la lune, le ciel.

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"The tree" and "the flower" in French?

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L'arbre (m.), la fleur.

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"The mountain" and "the river" in French?

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La montagne. Le fleuve (flows into the sea) or la rivière (flows into another river or lake).

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"The sea" and "the beach" in French?

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La mer, la plage. La mer sounds the same as la mère (mother) and le maire (mayor).

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"The lake" and "the forest" in French?

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Le lac, la forêt.

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"The countryside" in French?

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La campagne. "J'habite à la campagne" (I live in the countryside).

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"The island" and "the desert" in French?

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L'île (f.), le désert. Don't confuse it with le dessert (pudding), spelled with ss.

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"The earth" and "the world" in French?

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La terre (soil, land; la Terre is planet Earth). Le monde. Tout le monde means everyone.

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"The bird" and "the animal" in French?

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L'oiseau (m., plural oiseaux), l'animal (m., plural animaux).

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"The rainbow" in French?

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L'arc-en-ciel (m.). Plural: des arcs-en-ciel.

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"The environment" in French?

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L'environnement (m.). "Il faut protéger l'environnement."

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"Climate change" in French?

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Le changement climatique (also le dérèglement climatique).

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Study Tips for Weather & Nature

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Group weather phrases by structure: il fait (il fait chaud, il fait beau), il y a (il y a du vent, il y a du brouillard) and the weather verbs (il pleut, il neige). The structure is what you need to recall, not just the noun.

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Learn au printemps as the exception: the other three seasons take en (en été, en automne, en hiver) because they start with a vowel sound.

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Keep j'ai froid and il fait froid on separate cards. Saying je suis froid when you feel cold is a classic English-speaker mistake; it describes a cold personality.

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Practise the homophones in one sentence, such as ma mère aime la mer, and let the spelling carry the meaning. Listening for context is how French speakers tell them apart.

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